I am a ordinary cook, but I want to improve my skills studying by myself. Which is the best culinary book (a reference guide) for study at home that explain the basic techniques of culinary, and how ...

I really love cooking the "main feature" of a meal... I love doing the meat - steak, chicken breasts, you name it, I love it.
But when it comes to making the rest of the meal, I always draw a blank. ...

I'd love to be able to cook well and I think a part of that is identifying flavors.
We all have different palates, but there are probably some basic techniques that can be used to figure out what the ...